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Sign the following:
1. J.Jones for about 3M a year (doesn't count against the MLE with the new CBA)
2. Sarunas Jasikevicius for about 3m a year (about what he was asking at 10M for 3 years)
3. D. Davis for about 2M a year (the remainder of the MLE)
4. Raef LaFrentz for the Vet Minimum (when he is waived by Boston to not pay the Luxury Tax)
5. Jay Williams for the League Minimum (gives him a chance to prove himself before his payday).

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

Those first two dreams are beautiful indeed. Bring tears to my eyes.

"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

Sign the following:
1. J.Jones for about 3M a year (doesn't count against the MLE with the new CBA)
2. Sarunas Jasikevicius for about 3m a year (about what he was asking at 10M for 3 years)
3. D. Davis for about 2M a year (the remainder of the MLE)
4. Raef LaFrentz for the Vet Minimum (when he is waived by Boston to not pay the Luxury Tax)
5. Jay Williams for the League Minimum (gives him a chance to prove himself before his payday).

We would then be able to use Lynch and Reggie's contract at the trade deadline if we needed another position filled.

(other things bounching around in my head but not included were getting Houston, Finley or other lux cap casualties, and then trading F.jones or J. Jones as needed.)

I know it is all crazy talk but what-the-hell, right?

Outsider

I know this is your dream and all (mine is resurrecting Wilt putting him at center), but exactly how are we going to trade for 2 all-stars using 6 players who have never even come close to all-stardom?

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

The two trades I have in there are for the all-stars. For Ray Allen it is a something-is-better-than-nothing-trade (AKA Brad Miller trade). For Magloire it is for Foster (A highly sought after Center), "hometown" prepstar Bender for a year to try out and if he doesn't work then they have an ending contract to move for something else, and finally AJ gives them a Vet PG to cover for a few years while the rookie gets his feet under him.

Oh, and if Raef isn't going to be there, how about C. Webber? :P

(On a more realistic note, what about Brian Grant then? Lakes may be dumping him)

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

I don't believe LaFrentz will be waived. The Celtics will not likely have a payroll high enough for the luxury tax to kick in (especially since the salary cap is being raised).

agreed.....i think he would be a great fit here...but he has too many years left and hes still too effective...and yes...the celtics arent in luxury tax land to the point they would need to consider it...but i wish they were...i think he would be great here...can u say sam perkins?

Not to burst your bubble on this, but Jiri went to the Bucks. It's not all bad though because that means we would possibly have a shot at Redd. I would love to be able to get Allen also but I think he'll stay put.

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

Not to burst your bubble on this, but Jiri went to the Bucks. It's not all bad though because that means we would possibly have a shot at Redd. I would love to be able to get Allen also but I think he'll stay put.

Oops, ok my bad.....hmmm...Redd then? (though I still think Allen is the one to go for in my dream).

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

Waaaaaaaay toooooooo much turnover for a team that is supposedly a contender.

Just the time required to blend that many new players would probably spell the end of whatever title hopes we might have for the coming season.

Just watching SA and Detroit bring their teams back also probably spells the end of whatever title hopes we might have for the coming season.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

Just watching SA and Detroit bring their teams back also probably spells the end of whatever title hopes we might have for the coming season.

Jay, there you go again.

Just trying to p!ss on my entire summer, aren't you?

Man, I was looking forward to a couple of months with the excitement building toward the next season.

Really though, if Artest returns and contributes without the problems (and I respect that in your opinion that is a stretch), don't you believe the Pacers and the Pistions are pretty close to dead-even?

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

I know this is your dream and all (mine is resurrecting Wilt putting him at center), but exactly how are we going to trade for 2 all-stars using 6 players who have never even come close to all-stardom?

Because trades that are thought up by fans always have the Pacers raping teams by getting allstars for just average players.

It's pretty sad if you get Allen and Magloire......and the best player shipped out is Stephen Jackson.

Re: My dream of an offseason for the Indiana Pacers

Man, I was looking forward to a couple of months with the excitement building toward the next season.

Really though, if Artest returns and contributes without the problems (and I respect that in your opinion that is a stretch), don't you believe the Pacers and the Pistions are pretty close to dead-even?

nope...theyre not even...they werent even on nov. 19...

the only time theyve been dead even is when a couple of our top players are injured or not available....

i hate to use ifs....but if we are healthy and complete we are superior to detroit....and anyone else in the eastern conference...